Something inspirational: “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, PLAYWRIGHT
Something inspirational:
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
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That's good Lisa. I believe it shows a lot from a person when they are willing to learn from their mistakes instead of going on to make the same or even bigger ones. A very mature approach.
It's always a shame when people never choose to learn what I think are sometimes life's lessons.
Great quote. It's absolutely spot on. He misses out the bit about learning from mistakes though!
You've just done it, so that's okay. Yes I agree it's a good quote.
If we never made mistakes we would never learn.
Very true. Not all of course, but some of us don't learn through our mistakes. We tend to go on to make bigger ones!
Well I've definitely learned from most of my mistakes. It may have taken doing some more than once, but eventually I learned!
I agree with you that some people never learn.
That's good Lisa. I believe it shows a lot from a person when they are willing to learn from their mistakes instead of going on to make the same or even bigger ones. A very mature approach.
It's always a shame when people never choose to learn what I think are sometimes life's lessons.